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Informationen zum Autor Roy Johnson is a tutor in literature for the Workers' Educational Association, North West District. Klappentext This guide offers an introduction to the basic skills andintellectual tools required for making a study of fiction. It presents anexplanation of the most common features of prose, using practical examplesdrawn from six short stories which are included as part of the study programme. Zusammenfassung This guide offers an introduction to the basic skills andintellectual tools required for making a study of fiction. It presents anexplanation of the most common features of prose! using practical examplesdrawn from six short stories which are included as part of the study programme. -- . How to use the guide; the basic elements of fiction - Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"; points of view, symbols and theme - Katherine Mansfield, "The Voyage"; language and appreciation - Thomas Hardy, "The Withered Arm"; close reading and irony - Joseph Conrad, "An Outpost of Progress"; close reading and social class - D.H.Lawrence, "Fanny and Annie"; narrators and interpretation - Charles Dickens, "The Signalman".
